{"id":28273,"date":"2020-09-07T11:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=28273"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:51:57","slug":"opinion-ethereum-2-0-launch-wont-solve-the-problem-of-high-gas-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/opinion-ethereum-2-0-launch-wont-solve-the-problem-of-high-gas-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Ethereum 2.0 launch won&#8217;t solve the problem of high gas fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum 2.0&#8217;s launch will not be the answer to users&#8217; high transaction costs. The view was shared by experts in the decentralised finance space and developers during the China DeFi Marathon, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/defi-experts-say-that-ethereum-20-is-not-the-answer-to-high-gas-fees\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Cointelegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sergey Kunz, head of the decentralized exchange 1inch, and Munir Benchemled, founder of ParaSwap, say Ethereum 2.0 is not sufficiently scalable or secure.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou need to rethink everything. You can translate smart contracts into code, but it won&#8217;t scale. To enable scalable solutions, you must create standards and implement new protocols based on a new segmented architecture, for example NEAR, similar to Ethereum 2.0,\u201d said the head of 1inch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To lower fees, Munir Benchemled proposed layer-two solutions. In this scenario, the transaction load would shift from the main blockchain to an additional network. However, the absence of instant settlement could deter users.<\/p>\n<p>Experts called using existing tools a compromise. Among them is the bloXroute project: three built-in API types increase speed and improve the chances of preventing network congestion that leads to high fees.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne API enables transactions to reach the mining pool faster than others [\u2026] The second API is intended for transaction fees. The third API, which we are working on, is intended for real-time feedback on traders\u2019 operations,\u201d explained Alex Kumanovich, co-founder of bloXroute Labs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his view, until Ethereum 2.0 appears, the entire ecosystem should engage the community and attract users.<\/p>\n<p>Recently the average fee in the second-largest cryptocurrency network exceeded $15. As of now the indicator has fallen to $2.60.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_109401\\\" style=\\\"width: 1023px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-109401\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-109401 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-117.png\\\" alt=\\\"\u041c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435: \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a Ethereum 2.0 \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\\\" width=\\\"1013\\\" height=\\\"583\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-117.png 1013w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-117-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot_1-117-768x442.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-109401\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/blockchair.com\/ethereum\/charts\/average-transaction-fee-usd?interval=3m\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">blockchair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier on August 4, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/launch-of-the-final-ethereum-2-0-testnet\">the final testnet of Ethereum 2.0<\/a> was launched. The rollout was not without problems \u2014 some validators did not participate.<\/p>\n<p>For now the new network is supported by Lighthouse, Nimbus, Prysm, Teku and Lodestar. Later Cortex and Trinity will be added.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog News on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch of Ethereum 2.0 will not solve users&#8217; high transaction costs. This view was shared by experts in decentralised finance and developers during the China DeFi Marathon, Cointelegraph reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1138],"class_list":["post-28273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-opinions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28275,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273\/revisions\/28275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}